Home › Entities › organization › .NET Foundation

.NET Foundation

organization to improve open-source development around the .NET framework
Organization organization Q20020535
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

.NET Foundation

Summary

.NET Foundation is an organization[1]. .NET Foundation ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • .NET Foundation was a member of Open Source Initiative[3].
  • .NET Foundation's instance of is recorded as organization[4].
  • .NET Foundation's founder is recorded as Microsoft[5].
  • Q5289 is named after .NET Foundation[6].
  • .NET Foundation's logo image is recorded as .NET Foundation Logo.svg[7].
  • .NET Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Redmond[8].
  • +2014-04-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of .NET Foundation[9].
  • .NET Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0138whjj[10].
  • .NET Foundation's official website is recorded as https://dotnetfoundation.org/[11].
  • .NET Foundation's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(6) organization[12].
  • .NET Foundation's X is recorded as dotnetfdn[13].
  • .NET Foundation's Facebook username is recorded as dotnetfoundation[14].
  • .NET Foundation's GitHub account is recorded as dotnet-foundation[15].
  • .NET Foundation's Quora topic ID is recorded as NET-Foundation[16].
  • .NET Foundation's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+35390'}[17].
  • .NET Foundation's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+30193'}[18].
  • .NET Foundation's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+43888'}[19].
  • .NET Foundation's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+52051'}[20].

Body

Founding

.NET Foundation's founder is recorded as Microsoft[5]. +2014-04-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of .NET Foundation[9].

Operations

.NET Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Redmond[8].

Why It Matters

.NET Foundation ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] .NET Foundation has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Microsoft organization WiX

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). .NET Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/net-foundation
MLA “.NET Foundation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/net-foundation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_net-foundation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{.NET Foundation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/net-foundation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): .NET Foundation — https://4ort.xyz/entity/net-foundation (retrieved 2026-04-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/net-foundation · Last refreshed: